Optical Sensor Arrangement

1. An optical sensor arrangement, comprising: an optical sensor comprising an integrated circuit arranged in or on a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises at least a first surface area and a second surface area, at least one optically active sensor component arranged on or in the substrate of the first surface area, wherein the optically active sensor component is arranged for emitting and/or detecting light of a desired wavelength range, optically inactive sensor circuitry arranged on or in the substrate of the second surface area, a display panel comprising an active display area and a non-active display area, wherein the non-active display area comprises a material which is optically transparent in the desired wavelength range and at least partly frames the active display area; and wherein the optical sensor and the display panel are stacked such that, with respect to a main direction of display emission defined by a surface normal of the display panel and perpendicular to the active display area and such that, in a top view along a direction defined by the surface normal, the optically inactive sensor circuitry component is arranged below the active display area and the optically active sensor component is arranged below the non-active display area.

2. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the optically active sensor component comprises at least one light detector and/or at least one light transmitter.

3. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the light detector comprises a single pixel photodiode, a multi-pixel photodiode or a multi-pixel photodiode with a filter array attached.

4. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the light transmitter comprises a laser diode, a surface emitting laser, a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, an infrared light emitting photodiode and/or visual light emitting photodiode.

5. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the optical sensor comprises at least one further light detector.

6. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the optical sensor comprises at least one further light transmitter.

7. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein a light barrier is arranged on the integrated circuit and/or on the substrate to optically isolate the light detector and the light transmitter.

8. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the light detector and the light transmitter are arranged at different heights with respect to the substrate.

9. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the optically inactive sensor circuitry comprises at least one of logic components, analog components, and/or electrical connections.

10. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sensor is a proximity sensor, a time-of-flight sensor, an ambient light sensor, a color sensor and/or a gesture sensor.

11. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the proximity sensor and/or the time-of-flight sensor comprises at least one light detector and at least one light transmitter.

12. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein both the light detector and the light transmitter are arranged on or in the substrate of the first surface area or the light detector is arranged on or in the substrate of the first surface area and the light transmitter is arranged on or in the substrate of the second surface area.

13. An optical arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the ambient light sensor and/or the color sensor comprise the at least one light detector, and the at least one light detector is arranged on or in the substrate of the first surface area.

14. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sensor is encapsulated by a molded sensor package, the sensor package is arranged below the display panel such that an air gap remains between the sensor package and the display panel, and the air gap has different values for a part of the sensor package arranged below the non-active display area and for another part of the sensor package arranged below the active display area.

15. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the optical sensor comprises at least one further light detector and, at least one further light transmitter, or both the at least one further light detector and the at least one further light transmitter are arranged in the same sensor package or are arranged in a separate sensor package.

16. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated circuit comprises the at least one optically active sensor component and the optically inactive sensor circuitry.

17. An optical sensor arrangement according to claim 16 , wherein the integrated circuit has a part defined by the first surface area and a part defined by the second surface area.

18. An optical sensor arrangement, comprising: an optical sensor comprising an integrated circuit arranged in or on a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a main surface divided into a first surface area and a second surface area, at least one optically active sensor component arranged on or in the substrate of the first surface area, wherein the optically active sensor component is arranged for emitting and/or detecting light of a desired wavelength range, optically inactive sensor circuitry arranged on or in the substrate of the second surface area, a display panel comprising an active display area and a non-active display area, wherein the non-active display area comprises a material which is optically transparent in the desired wavelength range and at least partly frames the active display area; and wherein the optical sensor and the display panel are stacked such that, with respect to a main direction of display emission defined by a surface normal of the display panel and perpendicular to the active display area and such that, in a top view along a direction defined by the surface normal, the optically inactive sensor circuitry component is arranged below the active display area and the optically active sensor component is arranged below the non-active display area.